Quentin Kennedy transferred to Lincoln HS-SF in January. He played significant minutes in non-league. Lincoln was AAA champs and still in NorCals.
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DLS v. Riordan…. Open Bracket!
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That’s awesome story. I do miss those days as well. I played against James French and Quentin Youngblood from EC. Also a really good lefty I can’t recall. Loved the old gym. Good stuff
Rick was eating popcorn and offered me some. Who does that? Just a good Human.
This is why I'd argue Wilhite was snubbed for league POY. The POY of one of the top Nocal leagues should not have their team bow out in the 1st round.
12. That was an entirely different Riordan team, tbh. Chemistry and rotations have changed significantly since then. But Campolindo's defense is on another level. Excited for these two to face off again. Should be closer than the 17-point beating from December (which was a tight game at halftime).
One of the fun things about this Riordan team is the different guys who can step up. Last night it was #31 Passanisi with seven big points in the second quarter. #5 Edwards scored just two, but it was on a crucial late steal and layup, and he was the top defender on the floor.
the kid i was thinking about wouldnt be a 1. must be the other. he is a taller white kid
You'd be thinking of Quentin Kennedy, then. I believe he's technically mixed race. Playing time declined as December went on and went to nearly zero in January. He left for Lincoln towards the end of January.
I was fortunate to have coached James French, who played for me his Freshmen year at Riordan (before transferring to El Cerrito for his sophomore year and beyond) with 2 other future stars at Riordan, Dorian Manigo and Dwayne Fontana. He was a terrific player for that squad that went 19-0 with no game closer than 10 points. That team defeated the Mitty Frosh A team twice by 50 points with the starting 5 sitting almost the entire 2nd half. My first year coaching HS ball, the 1986-87 season. Those are great memories and probably the most talented group of players I have ever been blessed to coach! Other players from that team were Jeff Speech,
John Adao, Nelson Benton, Peron Austin, Ben Thomas, Scott Hill and a couple of other kids I cannot recall their names (my bad!)
Coach Forslund
Wilhite should have been at least co-MVP. He has had an incredible junior season!
Coach! Wow, very cool. There were so many good teams /players in that era. SF public teams like mcateer and mission were loaded. I watched a few crusader classics in my youth!
I went to camp with Fontana and a few Riordan guys. Was Jeff speech the guy who jumped out of gym? Manigo was incredible . Great times.
Great turnout of Crusader Nation at DLS last night! Must have been several generations of Riordan alum in attendance and the Riordan students that took the fan bus. Lots of City families have settle in the Concord/WC Lamorinda area. Agree with EK, different team than what Campo faced in Dec. No doubt Campo comes in as the heavy favorite, but really looking forward to this rematch. I heard the last time Riordan played DLS was almost 30 years ago!!! Riordan and Campo have faced off several times over the past decade. One was a NorCal game that the Crusaders came up with the W. (thinking it was the team with the Ugbaja cousins and Zach Masoli). More recently was the 2019 Gridley, 2020 COVID year and this past Dec. These teams are no strangers to each other. 3 WCAL teams remain in Norcals (RIordan, SI & SF) with fellow part-WCAL (WaterPolo) and CCS mate - SHP. San Francisco is still represented in NorCals as of today with SI, RIordan, Lincoln, Lowell, University and Stuart Hall. Hats off to Lincoln-SF and Lowell. Both of these programs did not play at all in 2020.
Lets ask the elephant in the room question... presumably you were a candidate for the SHC position. From the outside looking in, it is pretty uncommon for an associate athletic director to be "named" head basketball coach. That just appeared like nobody wanted the job so someone had to step in for the meantime. There appears to be barriers to why a 1000% qualified former coach like yourself isn't manning the sidelines. Can you speak to those barriers or can I make my assumption that being a high school head coach in today's modern landscape is far more challenging than when you last coached and you are just happy being an observer like the rest of us. Wishing you the best Doctor.
So who would you say is so much better that "it's not even close " That's pretty big talk.
Beasley is right there with Wilhite, and he’s got far less of a supporting cast, especially with Sevilla out.
Thanks O22, I haven't been following HS Basketball as closely as I usually do.
I got Sanni over Ryan but I am prejudiced as I have watched Sanni play since 1st grade! I was on him early....
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